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ECB Holds Interest Rates at 2%, As Expected

ECB Holds Interest Rates at 2%, As Expected

By Marta Vilar – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – The European Central Bank’s Governing Council on Thursday decided to keep its key interest rates unchanged, as widely expected by markets and analysts.

24 July 2025
Exclusive: New Zealand Treasury Debt Management Chief: Green Issuance to Focus on Existing 2034 Bond

Exclusive: New Zealand Treasury Debt Management Chief: Green Issuance to Focus on Existing 2034 Bond

- Kim Martin, NZ Debt Mgmt Chief of Treasury: Timing of two more taps of NZGB lines may not follow 2024 pattern
- Martin: Will issue new 2050 inflation-index bond before 30 June 2026
- Martin: Inflation linked bonds to remain part of our funding mix
- Martin: No reasons to diversify beyond our programme for long-dated issuance
- Martin: ‘A range of factors would need to align before we issued in other currencies’

21 July 2025
ECB Insight: Policy Uncertainty Meets Wave of Turnover at Governing Council

ECB Insight: Policy Uncertainty Meets Wave of Turnover at Governing Council

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – Amid intense debate over monetary easing, the European Central Bank is in the midst of another shift: a wave of Governing Council turnover. At least two—more likely four to six—new members will join by 2026, with potential implications for policy dynamics.

17 July 2025
Transcript: Interview with Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev

Transcript: Interview with Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev

By Marta Vilar – MADRID (Econostream) – Following is the full transcript of the interview conducted by Econostream on 14 July 2025 with Dimitar Radev, governor of the Bulgarian National Bank and - following Bulgaria's planned adoption of the euro on January 1, 2026 - soon-to-be European Central Bank Governing Council member.

15 July 2025
ECB Insight: Joachim Nagel— At Last, the Right German, but at the Wrong Time?

ECB Insight: Joachim Nagel— At Last, the Right German, but at the Wrong Time?

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – With less than a year until the next expected vacancy on the European Central Bank’s Executive Board—Vice President Luis de Guindos is due to depart at the end of May 2026— sets off a new round of openings, we continue our examination of policymakers with a credible shot not only at joining the Board, but at leading it.

14 July 2025
ECB Insight: Schnabel Casts Further Doubt on September Cut

ECB Insight: Schnabel Casts Further Doubt on September Cut

By David Barwick – FRANKFURT (Econostream) – We wrote in this space on 27 June that it was ‘appropriate to view a September cut — never a certainty — with less confidence than may have seemed justified three weeks ago.’ If at the time we tended to incline toward the view that the September cut could simply be delayed, we must now wonder whether there will be any further easing at all.

11 July 2025